tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272729178612778511.post8902166350688405203..comments2023-10-31T09:21:18.317-04:00Comments on wonders never cease: Inspiring WritersRebecca Ramseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14851717214205302476noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272729178612778511.post-53403460456754562802008-12-23T07:09:00.000-05:002008-12-23T07:09:00.000-05:00Hi! You might enjoy Ron Rash. He is a southern w...Hi! You might enjoy Ron Rash. He is a southern writer and sets many of his pieces over in Oconee county. I believe that currently he is on faculty at Western Carolina U here in western NC. I enjoyed _Saints at the River_ and _One Foot in Eden_.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272729178612778511.post-47842831748238997342008-11-26T23:29:00.000-05:002008-11-26T23:29:00.000-05:00Wow...such a list and all favoriites of mine as we...Wow...such a list and all favoriites of mine as well. You just can not ever feel depressed when you know that their words are there to be read anytime tou need inspiration and sheer pleasure.<BR/><BR/>This post was a magical read!<BR/><BR/>Love,<BR/>SueSusie Qhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14878113034866113803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272729178612778511.post-55112327554088978582008-11-18T23:51:00.000-05:002008-11-18T23:51:00.000-05:00Okay, I just put "Mama makes up her mind" on my ho...Okay, I just put "Mama makes up her mind" on my hold list at the library! I have read "Sleeping at the Starlite Motel" and remember liking it.CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01537821831479150677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272729178612778511.post-5137155109657487132008-11-18T23:49:00.000-05:002008-11-18T23:49:00.000-05:00I LOVE THIS ONE!!!!What a great dedication!!I LOVE THIS ONE!!!!<BR/><BR/>What a great dedication!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272729178612778511.post-55578428191778133722008-11-18T21:49:00.000-05:002008-11-18T21:49:00.000-05:00I loved getting to listen in and hear about some o...I loved getting to listen in and hear about some of your writing heroes! Now, I see there are a couple of books I need to check out...maybe winter won't be so bad afterall! I wouldn't mind being snowed in with a really good book and a crackling fire!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272729178612778511.post-56973333812346513522008-11-18T21:20:00.000-05:002008-11-18T21:20:00.000-05:00How fun! I've got a whole new list of authors to ...How fun! I've got a whole new list of authors to search out. I already love Austen and Steinbeck and Pilcher. Now I must find: Hesse, Dessen (Sarah's read her but I haven't yet,) Moaning and Shane (Suzie, junk food hits the spot sometimes!) Lynch (set in France? oh boy!) Tyler and Binchy, (and ellen, I do like Peter Mayle!) Russo, Mina, Goethe, Gabaldon, at Atwood! I hope I get some bookstore gift cards for Christmas!<BR/><BR/>Any other suggestions?Rebecca Ramseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14851717214205302476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272729178612778511.post-62286614319219941422008-11-18T17:32:00.000-05:002008-11-18T17:32:00.000-05:00ooh new people to be inspired by! what a great pos...ooh new people to be inspired by! what a great post! I was inspired early on by Goethe for sheer variety of writing, style and subjects and wonderful, wonderful use of language. I love his 4 line poem about a chestnut - it's just so compact and a chestnut all of its own. And for sheer readability and storytelling, Diana Gabaldon. As a writer, she inspires just how to get words onto paper and finish the books and get on with it. But my all time favourite, for now, is still Margaret Atwood. She spoke on a panel at the London Book Fair a few years ago, and was inspiring, funny and to the point. I love the variety of writing she generates, and read and re-read her writing for examples of things I like. But there's so many to choose from!<BR/><BR/>Oh yes, and 'French by Heart' just landed on the doorstep this morning, ready to hit the Christmas stocking! You inspire here whenever I stop by.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272729178612778511.post-72884795558906825762008-11-18T15:46:00.000-05:002008-11-18T15:46:00.000-05:00Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott, wins for daily inspirat...Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott, wins for daily inspiration in my life. All I have to read is one little quote from her, and it sets my day off right. She is so brilliant about REALITY and every day life.<BR/>Denise Mina would be my choice for the writer who creates incredible characters, with all of their warts showing! I wish I could write like that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272729178612778511.post-63983711336086453842008-11-18T12:42:00.000-05:002008-11-18T12:42:00.000-05:00Your taste is quite good--we have a lot of writers...Your taste is quite good--we have a lot of writers in common! I'd add Richard Russo for unflinching characters and conflicts and Jane Austin for humor, John Steinbeck for his stark & staying storytelling and Rosamunde Pilcher for sweetness and light.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272729178612778511.post-63930220935114918212008-11-18T11:53:00.000-05:002008-11-18T11:53:00.000-05:00Flannery O'Connor!How could I leave her out?And wh...Flannery O'Connor!<BR/>How could I leave her out?<BR/><BR/>And why did I choose this topic for today? I'm spending way too much time checking back to read your favorites!Rebecca Ramseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14851717214205302476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272729178612778511.post-29579985066330254462008-11-18T11:40:00.000-05:002008-11-18T11:40:00.000-05:00I remember reading somewhere when Flannery O'Conno...I remember reading somewhere when Flannery O'Connor was asked why she killed off so many characters, she replied, "If nothing happens, there's no story."<BR/>I'm not sure she'd have been someone I'd enjoy hanging out with, but she still inspires me.Adriennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05583029102450754497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272729178612778511.post-53607068122326695892008-11-18T11:16:00.000-05:002008-11-18T11:16:00.000-05:00I would love to have a long, leisurely brunch with...I would love to have a long, leisurely brunch with my personal literary faves. Most of them would be poets. I think it would be the most fascinating thing to converse with all the lovely people who have influenced me in an artistic way through their writings.<BR/>Wouldn't you come, too!?!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13569720420483740487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272729178612778511.post-29842692646722142992008-11-18T11:04:00.000-05:002008-11-18T11:04:00.000-05:00Y'all are sweet. I love you too.I just realized th...Y'all are sweet. I love you too.<BR/>I just realized that I left out several other favorites--well, lots of others, but a few that MUST by mentioned...<BR/>Lee Smith, Christopher Paul Curtis, and Elizabeth von Arnim.Rebecca Ramseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14851717214205302476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272729178612778511.post-40526960856185644302008-11-18T10:57:00.000-05:002008-11-18T10:57:00.000-05:00I join the throng voting for Rebecca Ramsey!!!I join the throng voting for Rebecca Ramsey!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06948631272816359901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272729178612778511.post-6153036167427220572008-11-18T10:31:00.000-05:002008-11-18T10:31:00.000-05:00Wow, great list Rebecca. I have to say you are one...Wow, great list Rebecca. <BR/>I have to say you are one of my favorites now. Since I read your book. You kept me so entertained. <BR/>Thanks for that. I'm glad we got to be blog friends.<BR/>Have a wonderful day!<BR/>RosemaryRosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00901666326985976038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272729178612778511.post-26753843862987351622008-11-18T10:26:00.000-05:002008-11-18T10:26:00.000-05:00I love talking about my favorite writers. It is d...I love talking about my favorite writers. It is difficult to narrow it down to a manageable number. First there are the oldies: Jane Austen, John Steinbeck, Nathaniel Hawthorne. I don't think they require any explanation - they are just plain great.<BR/><BR/>More recently, I love Sarah-Kate Lynch. Her books are wonderful and always a surprise. A couple of her books are set in France, which doesn't hurt my enjoyment of the stories. They can be a bit difficult to find - she is from New Zealand and her books get published there and in England first. "By Bread Alone" was the first one I read. "Eating with the Angels" is probably my favorite - well worth trying to find. "House of Joy" is the most recent. It was titled "House of Daughters" here. (Check on Amazon.)<BR/><BR/>Anne Tyler is a wonderful story writer - her lovely, quirky characters never disappoint.<BR/><BR/>Maeve Binchy is one of my longstanding favorites, always wonderful stories about love, loss, friendship set in Ireland.<BR/><BR/>Peter Mayle - did you ever read his novels? Hotel Pastis is so clever and funny.<BR/><BR/>And did I mention Rebecca Ramsey? I can't wait to read more from her.EllenPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00699649846418542605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272729178612778511.post-61769453995328821872008-11-18T10:04:00.000-05:002008-11-18T10:04:00.000-05:00I'm reading Bird by Bird right now and have defini...I'm reading Bird by Bird right now and have definitely joined that fan club. I've been reading so much memoir that I haven't discovered any great fiction in a long time. I'm definitely putting your choices on my list.Serenityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08621332625562122360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272729178612778511.post-32499639952500382882008-11-18T09:42:00.000-05:002008-11-18T09:42:00.000-05:00Well BAily I read junk. Lots of junk. I read Kar...Well BAily I read junk. Lots of junk. I read Karen Moaning and Maggie Shane and junky junk junk.Suziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13150191994661266181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272729178612778511.post-81531498974803668172008-11-18T08:54:00.001-05:002008-11-18T08:54:00.001-05:00Oh, how I love this post and the people you mentio...Oh, how I love this post and the people you mentioned -- especially Anne Lamott, Kaye Gibbons, and Harper Lee. Definitely wonders!!jamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859083373087448194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272729178612778511.post-72728899567871895592008-11-18T08:54:00.000-05:002008-11-18T08:54:00.000-05:00Oh boy! I'm first! As long as no one gets in ahe...Oh boy! I'm first! As long as no one gets in ahead of me! My inspirations!?!<BR/><BR/>Karen Hesse--the first book of hers that I read was Out of the Dust, and after that, I had to read everything she had written.<BR/><BR/>Sarah Dessen--she has such clarity and her books are fun. I also love that she puts in cameos of characters from previous books in the books that follow. You would never notice them if you hadn't read the previous book, but if you had, it's as if Sarah is winking at you, and you're sharing an inside joke with her. Just Listen is my favorite, but I think that's because I'm in love with Owen, one of the MC.<BR/><BR/>Jane Austen--I just can't leave her out. I've read them all over and over, the short ones, the long ones, the early ones, the one she never finished. She was brilliant and hilarious! That the stories she wrote still hold up today as they were written and as fodder for modern versions, paradies, spins, rehashes, sequels, and on and on, just goes to prove it. Her writings are still so relevant to us today, even 200 years after they were written.<BR/><BR/>I could keep going, but this is turning into my own personal posting. Let me just say, I love to read.<BR/><BR/>Have a great day Becky!lotusgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06663641163048764869noreply@blogger.com